Strange festivals exist everywhere across the world. But this one is not just strange. It is also fun. Check this story out.
If you think eating frog legs is off-putting, you might change your mind upon knowing that at the Frog Leg Festival in Fellsmere, Florida, eating this amphibian is helping to build recreational facilities and “providing for the recreational needs of Fellsmere’s youth, one frog leg at a time!”
It started as a simple fundraising idea back in 1990 but has now become a popular celebration which takes place during the third week of January.
Fellsmere is a rural town with a rather small population and is located an hour away from Orlando, Florida. It was swamp land when English engineer Nelson Fell purchased it in 1911. He developed the land, built establishments on it, and even constructed a train station with rails that connect to the Florida East Coast Railway. He called the community “Fellsmere”, which is a combination of his name and the English word “mere”, meaning “watery place”. Several years after its foundation, natural disasters damaged the community and those living there had to slowly rebuild their lives. Being agricultural land, sugarcane was grown and eventually citrus fruits. People also raised cattle and other farm animals.
More than 20 years ago, however, residents of Fellsmere noticed that their town seriously lacked funds for youth recreation. This led Fran Adams and other citizens to hold a Frog Leg Dinner event to raise funds. Frog legs were abundant in the area and the idea was unique enough to attract people to Fellsmere. And come, they did. A total of 400 dinners were served during the event – a number that organizers did not anticipate. The success of the event inspired the community to continue hosting the festival every year. According to the Frog Leg Festival website, more than 500,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) have been donated since the event’s inception.
This year’s Frog Leg Festival was a 4 day event held from 18 January to the 21 January 2018 at the Old School Complex in Florida, United States Of America.
Tufiakwa……frog meat??
There is nothing I won’t hear in this world
I think frog meat is good to health
The festival sounds interesting
nawo o, God help them.
Yes I agree with the first line… Strange indeed
Very awkward
That frog looks appetizing but the frog festival is sure wired
This is creepy
This look so weird, things happen……… this is actually d first time I heard about frog neat talk more of frog keg festival #strange
Hmmmm this is really disgusting
This is gross!
Frog what? This is not for me
This world is turning into another thing….who knows what next
Yuck?…. This is really disgusting
How does it taste? Does it taste better than chicken?
This is d first time of hearing this though…frog meat is good for the health…how??
Disgusting. wouldn’t try it… frog kwaa
it’s strange to me though.. but nevertheless it’s their
Lol.. So absurd
looking at the frog,it looks so delicious but I don’t think I will taste that
Strange indeed but it looks appetizing
I heard its proteinous, but ill its creepy.
am not surprise sha soon they will start eating maggot wetin man no go see